diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index d48d3702..49cdd668 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.9
+2.7.6
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f482166b..125901a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# 4.4.0
+
+- Update rubocop to 1.27.0
+- Update rubocop-ast to 1.17.0
+- Update rubocop-rails to 2.14.2
+- Update rubocop-rspec to 2.10.0
+- Drop support for Ruby 2.6
+
 # 4.3.0
 
 - Update rubocop to 1.25.0
diff --git a/rubocop-govuk.gemspec b/rubocop-govuk.gemspec
index 71a134c9..d27dd842 100644
--- a/rubocop-govuk.gemspec
+++ b/rubocop-govuk.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = "rubocop-govuk"
-  spec.version       = "4.3.0"
+  spec.version       = "4.4.0"
   spec.authors       = ["Government Digital Service"]
   spec.email         = ["govuk-dev@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk"]
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.files         = Dir["config/**/*", "*.md"]
 
-  spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.6"
+  spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13"